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Learner Objectives
Identify relevant College documents and resources
related to controlled acts and authorizing
mechanisms
Apply the relevant controlled acts and authorizing
mechanisms College documents to practice
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Controlled Acts (cont’d)
requires initiation* or an order
requires delegation and an order
Authorized to Nurses
Not Authorized to Nurses
*For further information see Initiation webcast, or Authorizing Mechanisms practice guideline.
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Types of Orders
Direct Order
Specific for a person
A written, verbal or telephone order
Directive
An order for a number of individuals when specific
conditions are met and specific circumstances
exist
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Orders for Controlled Acts
Controlled Act Who can order?
Dispensing a drug Physician, NP, Dentist
Performing a procedure below the dermis or mucous membrane
Physician, NP, Dentist, Midwife, Chiropodist, Podiatrist
Administering a substance by injection or inhalation
Physician, NP, Dentist, Midwife, Chiropodist, Podiatrist
Putting an instrument, hand or finger into a specified opening of the body (e.g., beyond the larynx)
Physician, NP, Midwife
Go to ipc.fhrco.org for information about the scopes of
practice for other professions
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You Have Authority, Now What?
Authority is established, then consider:
your competence
appropriateness of procedure
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Orders or Delegation
Delegation transfers the authority to allow you to
perform the controlled act not authorized to nurses
Orders provide the
conditions/circumstances/parameters associated
with performing the procedure for the client
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Authorizing Mechanism
If it is a controlled act
authorized to nursing, do I
have an appropriate order?
If it is a controlled act not
authorized to nursing, do I
have an appropriate
delegation and order?
Authorizing Mechanism
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Appropriateness
Is the procedure appropriate for
the client?
Am I the most appropriate provider
to carry out this procedure for the
client ?
Do I have the appropriate
resources and support to perform
the procedure?
Appropriateness
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Can I…..?
By using this reflective process you should be able
to determine whether you can proceed with the
procedure you are questioning
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College Documents
Authorizing Mechanisms
Decisions About Procedures and Authority
Directives
Working With Unregulated Care Providers
Nurse Practitioner
An Introduction to the Nursing Act, 1991
RHPA: Scope of Practice, Controlled Acts Model
www.cno.org/publications
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Other College Resources
College Website: www.cno.org
Education Tools
Practice support line
416-928-0900 x 6397; Toll-free: 1-800-387-5526
Email: [email protected]
Outreach Consultants
http:/www.cno.org/prac/outreach